A Critical Analysis of My Kernel Boot Messages

In German, we use the term “kritische Würdigung” when we want to receive constructive criticism from one or more people, and that’s exactly what I’d like to ask for today regarding my kernel boot messages, which appear in the middle section of these “Quick Guides for Forums”—the place to go if you have general questions.

[petermb@EndeavourOSNeo-Machine ~]$ export COLUMNS=80
[petermb@EndeavourOSNeo-Machine ~]$ (echo "=== Systeminfo ==="; inxi -Fxxc0; \
echo; echo "=== Kernel + Boot ==="; uname -a; journalctl -b -p 3 --no-pager | tail -n 50; \
echo; echo "=== Pacman Log letzte 50 Zeilen ==="; tail -n 50 /var/log/pacman.log) | fold -s
=== Systeminfo ===
System:
  Host: EndeavourOSNeo-Machine Kernel: 7.0.13-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.7.1 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
    Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU Firmware: UEFI
    vendor: American Megatrends v: 3610 date: 08/30/2024
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+
    rev: 2 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3475 min/max: 566/3501 boost: enabled cores: 1: 3475
    2: 3475 3: 3475 4: 3475 5: 3475 6: 3475 7: 3475 8: 3475 9: 3475 10: 3475
    11: 3475 12: 3475 bogomips: 84004
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
    ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 610.43.02 arch: Ampere pcie:
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2,DP-3 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504
  Device-2: Microdia Terra HD1080PC Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 0c45:636b
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.23 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.12
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
    d-rect: 5120x1440 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary,left model: MSI G321CQP res: 2560x1440
    hz: 165 dpi: 93 diag: 801mm (31.5")
  Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: right model: MSI MAG 32CQ6F res: 2560x1440 hz: 180
    dpi: 93 diag: 800mm (31.5")
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11:
    drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 610.43.02
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
    display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.350 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    driver: nvidia device-ID: 10de:2504
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
  Device-3: Microdia Terra HD1080PC Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 0c45:636b
  API: ALSA v: k7.0.13-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.6.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3
  IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: e8:9c:25:7a:ee:96
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 12.74 TiB used: 4.33 TiB (34.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: S649NU0W502194B temp: 43.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: S6Z2NU0X902681T temp: 41.9 C
  ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: S5RRNF0TA17131F
  ID-4: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: HD103UJ size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: S13PJDWS617638
  ID-5: /dev/sdc vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04UBB400 size: 3.64 TiB type: USB
    rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 serial: 42SBT0DJT
  ID-6: /dev/sdd vendor: Western Digital model: WD50NDZW-11BCSS1
    size: 4.55 TiB type: USB rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    serial: WD-WX82D81D2S06
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 915.57 GiB used: 255.9 GiB (27.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 252 MiB used: 307 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: 37.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 1066 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 681 fan-5: 0
    fan-6: 0 fan-7: 1024
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.25 GiB used: 9.16 GiB (29.3%)
  Processes: 376 Power: uptime: 12h 59m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 261
    default: graphical
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2028 Compilers: clang: 22.1.6 gcc: 16.1.1
    Shell: Bash v: 5.3.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40

=== Kernel + Boot ===
Linux EndeavourOSNeo-Machine 7.0.13-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue, 23 Jun 
2026 11:14:21 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Jun 26 09:49:53 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: kvm_intel: VMX not supported by 
CPU 0
Jun 26 09:49:53 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: 
Jun 26 09:49:59 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: scsi 7:0:0:1: Wrong diagnostic 
page; asked for 1 got 8
Jun 26 09:49:59 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: scsi 7:0:0:1: Failed to get 
diagnostic page 0x1
Jun 26 09:49:59 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: scsi 7:0:0:1: Failed to bind 
enclosure -19
Jun 26 09:49:59 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_INFO) UVC control 5 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 1).
Jun 26 09:49:59 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_INFO) UVC control 7 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 1).
Jun 26 09:49:59 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_INFO) UVC control 9 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 1).
Jun 26 09:49:59 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_INFO) UVC control 10 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 1).
Jun 26 09:49:59 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_INFO) UVC control 12 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 1).
Jun 26 09:49:59 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_INFO) UVC control 14 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 1).
Jun 26 09:49:59 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_INFO) UVC control 16 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 1).
Jun 26 09:50:16 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_DEF) UVC control 12 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 3).
Jun 26 09:50:16 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_DEF) UVC control 9 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 2).
Jun 26 09:50:16 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_DEF) UVC control 14 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 4).
Jun 26 09:50:16 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_DEF) UVC control 14 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 4).
Jun 26 09:50:17 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_DEF) UVC control 12 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 3).
Jun 26 09:50:17 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_DEF) UVC control 9 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 2).
Jun 26 09:50:17 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_DEF) UVC control 14 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 4).
Jun 26 09:50:17 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kernel: uvcvideo 1-9:1.0: Failed to 
query (GET_DEF) UVC control 14 on unit 1: 0 (exp. 4).
Jun 26 09:50:17 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine org_kde_powerdevil[1278]: [  1278][  
2.777994] Time since library initialized:   2.777994 seconds
Jun 26 09:50:17 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine org_kde_powerdevil[1278]: [  1278][  
2.777999] Extra delay starting dw_start_watch_displays: 0 millisec
Jun 26 11:05:07 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kioworker[10935]: Cannot load metadata 
from file   (Error # %1: The file contains data of an unknown image type )
Jun 26 11:05:07 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kioworker[10935]: Cannot load metadata 
from file   (Error # %1: The file contains data of an unknown image type )
Jun 26 11:05:07 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kioworker[10935]: Cannot load metadata 
from file   (Error # %1: The file contains data of an unknown image type )
Jun 26 11:05:13 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kioworker[10937]: Cannot load metadata 
from file   (Error # %1: The file contains data of an unknown image type )
Jun 26 11:05:13 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kioworker[10937]: Cannot load metadata 
from file   (Error # %1: The file contains data of an unknown image type )
Jun 26 11:05:13 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kioworker[10937]: Cannot load metadata 
from file   (Error # %1: The file contains data of an unknown image type )
Jun 26 11:05:18 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kioworker[10937]: Cannot load metadata 
from file   (Error # %1: The file contains data of an unknown image type )
Jun 26 11:05:18 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kioworker[10937]: Cannot load metadata 
from file   (Error # %1: The file contains data of an unknown image type )
Jun 26 11:05:18 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine kioworker[10937]: Cannot load metadata 
from file   (Error # %1: The file contains data of an unknown image type )
Jun 26 16:36:30 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine systemd-coredump[54509]: Process 54308 
(brave) of user 1000 dumped core.
                                                                
                                                                Stack trace of 
thread 5:
                                                                #0  
0x000056233b221395 n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                                ELF object 
binary architecture: AMD x86-64
Jun 26 19:41:36 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine org_kde_powerdevil[1278]: [  
1278][35481.776149] Time since library initialized: 35481.776148 seconds
Jun 26 19:41:36 EndeavourOSNeo-Machine org_kde_powerdevil[1278]: [  
1278][35481.776157] Extra delay starting dw_start_watch_displays: 0 millisec

=== Pacman Log letzte 50 Zeilen ===
[2026-06-26T00:22:22+0200] [ALPM] running '35-systemd-update.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:22:22+0200] [ALPM] running 'ghc-register.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:22:32+0200] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:22:32+0200] [ALPM] running 'rebuild-detector.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:22:41+0200] [ALPM] running 'texinfo-install.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:22:41+0200] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:22:41+0200] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -D -q --asdeps --config 
/etc/pacman.conf -- gobject-introspection ninja python-installer python-build 
appstream-glib blueprint-compiler meson'
[2026-06-26T00:22:41+0200] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S -y -u --config 
/etc/pacman.conf --'
[2026-06-26T00:22:41+0200] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2026-06-26T00:22:41+0200] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2026-06-26T00:23:11+0200] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U --config 
/etc/pacman.conf -- 
/home/petermb/.cache/yay/ventoy-bin/ventoy-bin-1.1.16-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst 
/home/petermb/.cache/yay/protonup-qt/protonup-qt-2.15.1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst 
/home/petermb/.cache/yay/bottles/bottles-2:64.1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst 
/home/petermb/.cache/yay/brave-bin/brave-bin-1:1.91.178-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2026-06-26T00:23:17+0200] [ALPM] running 'traur.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:23:17+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   Fetching maintainer data for 4 
unique maintainers...
[2026-06-26T00:23:20+0200] [ALPM] transaction started
[2026-06-26T00:23:20+0200] [ALPM] upgraded ventoy-bin (1.1.12-1 -> 1.1.16-1)
[2026-06-26T00:23:20+0200] [ALPM] upgraded protonup-qt (2.15.0-1 -> 2.15.1-1)
[2026-06-26T00:23:21+0200] [ALPM] upgraded bottles (2:63.2-1 -> 2:64.1-1)
[2026-06-26T00:23:21+0200] [ALPM] upgraded brave-bin (1:1.91.175-1 -> 
1:1.91.178-1)
[2026-06-26T00:23:21+0200] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2026-06-26T00:23:21+0200] [ALPM] running '35-systemd-update.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:23:21+0200] [ALPM] running 'glib-compile-schemas.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:23:22+0200] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:23:22+0200] [ALPM] running 'rebuild-detector.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -D -q --asexplicit --config 
/etc/pacman.conf -- ventoy-bin protonup-qt bottles brave-bin'
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -R -u -s --noconfirm 
--config /etc/pacman.conf -- blueprint-compiler meson gobject-introspection 
ninja python-installer python-build appstream-glib'
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] transaction started
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] removed appstream-glib (0.8.3-4)
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] removed python-build (1.4.3-1)
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] removed python-pyproject-hooks (1.2.0-6)
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] removed python-installer (1.0.0-1)
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] removed gobject-introspection (1.86.0-2)
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] removed python-mako (1.3.12-1)
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] removed meson (1.11.1-3)
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] removed python-tqdm (4.68.3-1)
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] removed ninja (1.13.2-3)
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] removed blueprint-compiler (0.20.4-1)
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2026-06-26T00:23:23+0200] [ALPM] running '35-systemd-update.hook'...
[2026-06-26T00:25:00+0200] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S -y --config 
/etc/pacman.conf --'
[2026-06-26T00:25:00+0200] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2026-06-26T00:25:16+0200] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2026-06-26T00:25:16+0200] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2026-06-26T00:25:16+0200] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2026-06-26T20:27:32+0200] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S mokutil'
[2026-06-26T20:27:35+0200] [ALPM] running 'traur.hook'...
[2026-06-26T20:27:35+0200] [ALPM] transaction started
[2026-06-26T20:27:35+0200] [ALPM] installed mokutil (0.7.2-2)
[2026-06-26T20:27:35+0200] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2026-06-26T20:27:35+0200] [ALPM] running '35-systemd-update.hook'...
[petermb@EndeavourOSNeo-Machine ~]$